I remember a few years back , buying a few sets of cheap trace Elliot headless strings at a music fayre.for some reason, the e string wouldn't fit properly on my washburn status.
The other thing was, although they sounded bright and vibrant, after about 3 hours they sounded dull.
There's me thinking I had a bargain.(
When I was properly learning the bass, it was in the mid-late '80s. The washburn status has a very clinical sounding graphite neck.
A few members of bands I was in , weren't that keen on the sound(but loved the looks;)
However, by accident the active circuitry was removed and I got a lot more compliments in the sound.